The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-01
AMERICA KEEPS THE CUP.
SCOTLAND'S SLOOP TOO SLOW TO
BEAT THE VOLUNTEER.

BEAT THE VOLUNTEER.
The Yankee Craft Wins the Second
Heat by / / Minutes and 4934 Seconds
The Scotchmen Beaten by 4 Min
utes and 4o4 Seconds in the Wind
ward Work-The Volunteer Loses
2 Minutes and 4516 Seconds Coming
Home.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30--Of all the races
for the Americas cup none was ever sailed
before under the conditions which pre-
vailed at to-day'S race, and none was ever
more fairly won than this, in which the
Volunteer defeated the Scotch cutter Thistle
over an outside course of 40 miles The
only regret the people have who saw the
race, is that the Thistle was not able to show
more seaworthy qualities, and thus make
the contest closer one. Half an hour after
the start it was plain that the Thistle was a
beaten boat unless a fiuke and shift of
wind should save her from what promised
to be an overwhelming defeat.
In the twenty mile thrash to windward
the centre board type told so heavily
against the keel that the cutter was beaten
10 minutes and 40 seconds. The Thistle re-
deemed herself little coming home before
the wind by gaining minutes and 26 Sec
onds on the Volunteer
BEATEN FROM THE START.
When the gun to start was given the
Thistle and Volunteer were southeast of the
line not 200 yards apart, each working
gradually to the line. The Thistle was
nearer and went away on her trip nearly
four lengths ahead of the Volunteer. The
yachts started as follows:
Ihslle. !o' Az
volunteer. 0:40:534
They went over on the starboard
tack, and the Volunteer at once began
to out-point and out-foot her opponent.
The course was north, northwest for
twenty miles to windward, and return
before the wind. The weathering qualities
of the yachts We're seen at once. The Vol
unteer outpointed the cutter by nearly two
points, and won the race by the mas
terly manner in which she went to
windward. The first tack which
was a long one-seven miles
decided, virtually, the race. The Volunteer
got to windward of the Thistle in a way that
satisfied all spectators who knew anything
about it that the American boat would win
on each tack that followed The Volunteer
continued to get to windward and to get
ahead as well.
The Volunteer took five tacks in reaching
the outer mark, and the Thistle required
six. This is remarkable, in that every time
the cutter went about, she did it in quicker
time than the sloop. The yachts rounded
the outer mark as follows:
Inns.
Thistle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .2:41:00
The boats set their spinnakers coming
md fbo nc tn hot tbor tn
broad cutter could go fast enough before
the wind to make up the latter's
gain in the windward work was
soon to be decided. The Volunteer had
lead of fully two miles and half when the
Thistle rounded, and that was not dimin-
ished very much ON the run. The Thistle
was the first take in her spinnaker but the
Volunteer followed suit Immediately. This
move was occasloned by the fact that
neither boat could make the lightship with
the wind aft. and a haul-up was
necessary on the run home. The wind let
up as we'll 1t dropped to ten miles an
hour. The American sloop crossed the line
winner by II minutes 4834 seconds. The
following table gives figures,
THE FIGURES
Including sixteen seconds allowance that
the Volunteer had to give the Thistle, on a
a forty mile course:
Actual Corrected
Name. Start. Finish. Time. Time
H. NJ. H. NJ. S. H NJ. s. H. NJ. s
Volunteer. 1O:4O5o}4 4:29:47 5:42:56A 5:42564
Thistle. 10:40:21 435;12 5:54:51 5:5445
In the windward work the Volunteer beat
the Thistle IA minutes and 1914 seconds. On
the run before the wind the Thistle beat the
Volunteer . minutes and 49, seconds
On board the Royal Clyde flagship
Mohican which accompanied the racers,
We're Com. Carruthers, of the Kingston
Yacht Club Sir Lionel West, British Min
ister to the United States; Capt Timson
and William Clark, of New York, and
Mrs. Vice Com. Bell, of the Thistle.
All on board soon gave up hope except Mrs
Cell. From the first her confidence in the
ability of the Thistle to win was of the firm
est. Never mind, she said lit is acknowl-
edged that the Thistle is weaker than the
Volunteer sailing in the wind, but hope
shell make it up on the run home"
MR. CLARK GIVES IN.
There's no question as to which is the
better boat" said Robert Clark tonight.
''I was not satisfied Tuesday, but ] am to-
day. This is a fair race, and we are fairly
beaten"
Mrs Bell said subsequently: ''Of course |
am sadly disappointed at the result, but the
Volunteer has certainly beaten us nobly and
fairly After all it must be the centre
board which has done it.
1.-The Volunteer is treating the Thistle just
as the Thistle treated the Irex" said Capt.
Timson as the Volunteer rounded the stake
boat. 'It has been fair race and splend- |
idly sailed. We are squarely beaten and
must simply take it as the fortune of war.
OF course we all had faith in the Thistle.
We wonld not have come over here with
boat which we expected would be beaten,
but there is no doubt now which is the fast
est boat.
Com Clark, Robert Clark, DR.. Donald,
Mr. Charlton, Mr. and Mrs Hillard, Vice |
Com. and Mrs, Bell, Mr.. York, Mr.. Wat |
son, and their friends, will bid farewell TO |
the Mohican and Thistle, and sail for
Europe on the City of Rome. Oct II. !
William Clark will keep the Thistle over
here and in February, with his family and !
a party Of friends, will take a cruise to the /
West Indies, and next fall will take her
back to the Clyde
The Glasgow Scotchmen are greatly dis
appointed over the result of the race, but |
they admitted that the Thistle was fairly |
beaten. II is believed that if a race for the |
cup is again TO be sailed in American waters
a Scotch yacht, to be successful, must have
a centreboard.
LONDON NOT EXCITED.
LONDON, Sept. 30-There was little ex-